Patents by Inventor Cecil Ray Brooks

Cecil Ray Brooks has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flexible licensing architecture for licensing digital application
    Patent number: 7890428
    Abstract: An application includes a plurality of features. A transaction is engaged with a retailer to obtain a product license corresponding to the application. The product license defines at least one feature of the application that may be employed. A base copy of the application is obtained from a distributor and is actuated. A use license corresponding to the product license is acquired from a licensor by way of the actuated application sending the product license to the licensor along with an identification of at least one of a user, the computing device, and a trusted component operating on the computing device, where the use license includes feature policy granting rights to employ each feature defined in the product license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Cecil Ray Brooks, Jay Robert Girotto, Caglar Gunyakti, Todd Haugen
  • Flexible licensing architecture for licensing digital application
    Patent number: 7801821
    Abstract: An application includes a plurality of features. A transaction is engaged with a retailer to obtain a product license corresponding to the application. The product license defines at least one feature of the application that may be employed. A base copy of the application is obtained from a distributor and is actuated. A use license corresponding to the product license is acquired from a licensor by way of the actuated application sending the product license to the licensor along with an identification of at least one of a user, the computing device, and a trusted component operating on the computing device, where the use license includes feature policy granting rights to employ each feature defined in the product license.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Cecil Ray Brooks, Jay Robert Girotto, Caglar Gunyakti, Todd Haugen